Bespoke green oak ceiling supports and staircase

In Durham City, we worked with a couple with a vision to make something beautiful out of a problem. To remedy a sagging ceiling we constructed a 5inch by 4inch green oak frame (materials provided by the wonderful folk at Arbor Timber, Langley Moor, and the planning help of their joiner Tom Heseltine), constructed with chunky mortise and tenon joints, and firmly fixed under the ceiling, and finished with Oslo PolyX Oil. It will still be there decades from now! The couple were so happy with this idea, they also asked us to re-model their bannister with the same materials. We took out the existing spindles and newels and replaced them with a similar green oak frame, joined with mortise and tenons, and 2 1/2 inch green oak spindles, to mirror the ceiling support, and create rather a grand entrance to the house. Very pleased with this one. A real virtue out of a problem.